Quinolinic acid

Key Product Details

Product Description

Quinolinic acid is an endogenous NMDA agonist and transmitter candidate. May distinguish between NMDA receptor subtypes.

Product Specifications for Quinolinic acid

The technical data provided above is for guidance only. For batch specific data refer to the Certificate of Analysis.

Solubility

Preparing Stock Solutions for Quinolinic acid

The following data is based on the product molecular weight 167.12.

Batch specific molecular weights may vary from batch to batch due to the degree of hydration, which all affect the solvent volumes required to prepare stock solutions.

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Concentration / Solvent Volume / Mass	1 mg	5 mg	10 mg
0.5 mM	11.97 mL	59.84 mL	119.67 mL
2.5 mM	2.39 mL	11.97 mL	23.93 mL
5 mM	1.20 mL	5.98 mL	11.97 mL
25 mM	0.24 mL	1.20 mL	2.39 mL

Calculators

Background References

References are publications that support the biological activity of the product. See our Citations tab to view 3 publications citing the usage of this product.

• Stone and Perkins Quinolinic acid: a potent endogenous excitant at amino acid receptors in the rat CNS. Eur.J.Pharmacol. 1981 PMID: 6268428
• Prada de Carvalho The endogenous agonist quinolinic acid and the non-endogenous homoquinolinic acid discriminate between NMDAR2 receptor subunits. Neurochem.Int. 1996 PMID: 8740453
• Stone and Burton NMDA receptors and ligands in the vertebrate CNS. Prog.Neurobiol. 1988 PMID: 2830636
• Monaghan and Beaton Quinolinate differentiates between forebrain and cerebellar NMDA receptors. Eur.J.Pharmacol. 1991 PMID: 1676371

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